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Rakesh, if Romy's ULF is "faultless" at this point, then he should play the lottary - once. Perhaps part of the quandry stems from confusing "bass" with ULF. Once you let go of that, it better falls into place.As for the pops, clicks, tape hiss, et...
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Yesterday WGBH-FM broadcasted their own live-to-tape recording of Handel & Haydn Society’s Mozart K. 626, the Requiem. John Nelson conducted with Christine Brandes, soprano; Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano; Charles Reid, tenor; Alfred Walker, bass.I...
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Long have I admired this performance, which I acquired on cassette about fifteen years ago. I always took it with me on long trips, although nowadays rental cars do not come equipped with tape players, so I do need the CD.Once, taking a sid...
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Thanks, Chris, it is interesting but juts for sake of self-education. I think the key is to have a unit that would have humanly-proper among of distortions or the distortions that in regard to the “Beach Effect” would mimic acoustic distortions to wh...
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I'm wondering if anyone used the industrial standard 2RM-type of connectors for a DIY Lo MC phono connection?http://www.trimmer.ru/?target=61&nom=20251The smallest is 2RM14 with 4 pins, 1mm dia so pretty low mass--no big diameter jump along the p...
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The oil I use has a viscosity of about 30-31 and I have used it for years with no problems. I have tried about six different viscosity oils and grease and the best results were with in the range I specified for (sound as well as mechanically), please...
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So I decided to try some of the mods mentioned to my semi-recent 834p w/ MC step-ups. It all started with C1 and C7...but then i got into RIAA, upgraded diodes and filter caps. Well, everything should be just stellar on paper but...now I have a hum t...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The volume of tone was rising faster than the volume of pressure...[/quote]Congratulations. It is very promising result. I think the degree of tonal density will jump to even higher level if you attach a thick felt on the b...
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All the fighting with all the equipment and all the formatting...Is 7 1/2 ips tape totally out of the question these days? It's been a long time since we did it this way, but I do not remember it being all that difficult, or that bad. It'...
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I dont know what you mean by helicopting, but I detected problems with the transmissions in later acts as if whatever machine they were feeding the signal to had problems. At certain points it sounded like they were fast forwarding tape-perhaps that...
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Filing up one more hard drive I have to tell that if you have more than 4 gigabyte of recording then it become annoying… So, I kind of changed my ways how I record my FM. I record in 88K/24 only if it live broadcast and only by WGBH. All the rest bro...
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The interesting thing about the Bottlehead people is that they are pretty good guys. "High and outside" is I think Paul Stubbelbine, who is an expert at mastering. He remastered my girlfriend's last album. I was very impressed. His ...
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[quote user="Amir"]I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro li...
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I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro linearity analog and ...
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Thanks, Romy.Nice that the PF reviewer is so happy with his battery powered iDAT 44+. While I agree that it is a good DAC option, I have to add that we are still talking "digital". With all problems of LPs and LP playback, IMO this is still the way ...
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Certainly not the most practical and inexpensive, but probably the system that could keep better the "size and weight" of a performance, just the same way this system did 70 years ago. I don't think a computer based system would keep it, no...
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Amir, I agree with you wholeheartedly, on a philosophical level, and this in turn underpins my overview of life, art, etc.But, in practical terms, the fractioning off of any "event" is certain, once we try to "reconstruct" that event.Basically, any a...
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Yes, the "tape (or "monitor") loop" is where I (and everyone else...) always put them.Why not ask Guy how he would approach it, maybe get one-stop shopping and probably the best results, too, for both the "loop" and the "box".Would "passive" curves m...
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What a concert and from whom you think it was? The Pittsburgh Symphony led by Marek Janowski! The Korean Chee-Yun played Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto #3. The Pittsburgh with Janowski demonstrated superb sound – not too sophisticated but very withhold ...
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I wrote about it many many times but it keep shook me, primary because it very much violates all intellectual provision I can extend against what I am saying. Today FM again flew my socks off and it was not special FM but objectively crappy FM.
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Just recently I listened on an OTA tape of the B7 with the BSO under Simon Rattle. It was gorgeous! Unfortunately I forgot to note the date, nor can I locate any record of the concert. I'll do my best to get a CD masterdub of it from my usual source,...
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I never thought that it is so painful: to have a playback and no front-end thatcan drive my amps. Thankfully the Placette is coming back now with the whole 12 channels and the tape loop. I have some ideas how to chance the connections across the who...
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It might not be directly related to the subject of this thread but I would like to pass this comment. Over the years of observing the better and worst in upper bass I come to an observation that the front loaded horns with dampened cones might not be...
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[quote user="Purite Audio"]…. dual skinned carbon/fibreglass horns, which are filled with a liquid polymer… [/quote] Wow, this is new. I never even though about it. We fill hoe with sand, tape it with wax but I very seen or hear of anybody make horns...
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Paul - I agree with your comments overall. Indeed Sony had a couple of Walkman tape players with surprisingly good sound quality. At the time I thought they were expensive and delicate. Today I appreciate the amount of engineering and care that Sony ...
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KOTriode, I was not criticizing your DAC, whatever it is. I was saying that system-design-wise if your preamp was able to inflict such a dramatic change in Sound then in my view it just highlighted the problem with DAC. Take another DAC, or any comme...
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I just checked the silicone pot, wearing magnifying glasses. The main bath is limpid, as ever. However, some silicone has somehow gotten out of the bath and onto the rim of the tub. Likely it's been there all along, but I just ...
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Yep, since it is in the thread about the MC needles I have to admit that the mechanical recording does “sound” more interesting then digital but still, there is also tape that is in it’s tonal fidelity is way out there… said the Cat spinnin...
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I do not mean to be negative and criticize Romy, but he is wrong on surround sound. It is the implementation and not the concept which should cause vomiting, like with the vast majority of two track recording which are unlistenable. With the rig...
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How does the SPL/dynamic range correlate to frequency? Most of the old 10" drivers can play louder if not pushed down too far. I think as the years passed, the Tannoy had like most similar drivers a sort of "sliding scale" dynamics, and they would pl...
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